Methanomicrobium Explained

In taxonomy, Methanomicrobium is a genus of the Methanomicrobiaceae.^[1] The cells are shaped like short bars and do not form endospores. They produce methane via the reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen or formate. They cannot metabolize acetate, methylamines, or methanol.^[2]

See also

• List of Archaea genera

Further reading

• Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes . 2005 . The nomenclatural types of the orders Acholeplasmatales, Halanaerobiales, Halobacteriales, Methanobacteriales, Methanococcales, Methanomicrobiales, Planctomycetales, Prochlorales, Sulfolobales, Thermococcales, Thermoproteales and Verrucomicrobiales are the genera Acholeplasma, Halanaerobium, Halobacterium, Methanobacterium, Methanococcus, Methanomicrobium, Planctomyces, Prochloron, Sulfolobus, Thermococcus, Thermoproteus and Verrucomicrobium, respectively. Opinion 79 . Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. . 55 . 517 - 518 . 15653928 . Pt 1 . 10.1099/ijs.0.63548-0. free .
• Balch WE . Fox GE . Magrum LJ . Woses CR . 4 . Wolfe RS . 1979 . Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group . Microbiol. Rev. . 43 . 260 - 296 . 390357 . 2 . 281474 . 10.1128/MMBR.43.2.260-296.1979.

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Methanomicrobium. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2007-03-19.
2. Book: John G. Holt. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Microbiology. 722. 1994. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. 0683006037. 2016-08-14.